Also in Busseto, Verdi received his first lessons in composition from Ferdinando Provesi, who was in charge of the local philharmonic society.

When he was still a child, Verdi's parents moved from Piacenza to Busseto, where the future composer's education was greatly facilitated by visits to the large library belonging to the local Jesuit school. The baptismal register, on 11 October, lists him as being 'born yesterday', but since days were often considered to begin at sunset, this could have meant either 9 or 10 October. Verdi was born in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now in the province of Parma). Although his work was sometimes criticized as catering to the tastes of the common folk, using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom, and having a tendency towards melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as ' La donna è mobile' from Rigoletto and ' Libiamo ne' lieti calici' from La traviata. He was the most influential composer of the 19th century Italian opera. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome).

Verdi opera 1844